Conference Opportunities

LES has funding opportunities for faculty members interested in the latest pedagogy. Whether in a particular content area or for general higher education trends and topics, if you are interested in developing or strengthening your pedagogical skills we encourage you to check out opportunities available. There are conferences, meetings and workshops that focus on pedagogy and here are just a few for your consideration.

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The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning FALL 2009 Conference
Bridging the Generational Divide: Working Together to Teach Millennial Students

Generational differences are affecting the college teaching and learning environment as never before. Millennials are predicted to enter colleges in record numbers starting in 2010, even as the profile of college and university faculty in the U.S. is also changing. With a growing divide between senior faculty and their younger colleagues and a gap between faculty in general and the new generation of students, the need to understand and address generational differences is critical for campuses to provide good work climates for all and for teaching and learning to be effective. The goal of this conference, then, is to discover together how faculty and staff are tackling the issues and challenges that arise between generations, both between faculty and students and among faculty themselves. The conference dates are 13 – 14 November 2009.

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Integrative Learning: Addressing the Complexities
October 22-24, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
September 30 is the deadline for both the hotel and conference registration

AAC&U proudly announces its second meeting of the academic year, Integrative Learning: Addressing the Complexities, at which participants will discuss: How can students best learn to apply their knowledge and skills to new situations?

We encourage you to register early for the best rates.

Conference Highlights

Opening Keynote Address
"Reflections on the Future of Learning"
Veronica Boix Mansilla, Lecturer, Graduate School of Education, and Principal Investigator and Research Associate, Project Zero, Harvard University

Plenary
"Integrative Learning: Redesigning Curricula, Shifting Institutional Culture"
R. Bruce Hutton, Dean Emeritus and Piccinati Professor in Teaching Innovation, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver

Luncheon Plenary and Discussion*
"The AAC&U and Carnegie Foundation Integrative Learning Project: Charting and Sustaining Progress"
J. Elizabeth Clark, Professor of English, LaGuardia Community College; Marion W. Roydhouse, Dean, School of Liberal Arts, Philadelphia University; and June Pierce Youatt, Senior Associate Provost, Michigan State University

Plenary
"Supporting Integrative and Lifelong Learning through Authentic Assessment, Teaching, and E-portfolio Development"
Marcia Mentkowsi, Professor of Psychology and Director, Educational Research and Evaluation, Alverno College; Melissa Peet, Research Associate, University of Michigan; and Julia Williams, Professor of English and Executive Director, Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Morehouse College Campus Visit
(separate registration and fee required)
"Strategies for Integrating Research and Teaching to Address Areas of Acute Disparities"
Keith Parker, Professor of Sociology, University of Georgia; Melvinia Turner King, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Curriculum Development Coordinator, Morehouse College; From the National Science Foundation: Carmen Sidbury, Program Director, Graduate Research Fellowship Program; Claudia Rankins, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Programs; LaJoyce Debro, Biology; and Tyrone Mitchell, Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences Programs

The conference will offer sessions for participants to examine the types of activities that allow students to address the complexities inherent in disciplinary and cross-disciplinary learning, in applying their knowledge to novel circumstances, and in engaging diverse perspectives, in campus, community, and work environments. Participants will discuss what faculty, student affairs educators, and administrators can do to build more authentic learning experiences that will help students develop integrative capacities over time.

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General Education and Assessment:
Maintaining Momentum, Achieving New Priorities
February 18-20, 2010
Seattle, Washington
Register now online
Early registration available now through January 25, 2010

AAC&U has opened registration for General Education and Assessment: Maintaining Momentum, Achieving New Priorities. We encourage you to register now to take advantage of the best rates.

General Education and Assessment: Maintaining Momentum, Achieving New Priorities invites fresh thinking and new approaches to help faculty, staff, and administrators maintain momentum in general education and assessment during tough times, and reaffirms a commitment to engaged liberal education as the guiding principle for campus action. Attend this meeting to learn new approaches to aligning scarce resources with an ambitious plan for general education, and ways to integrate diversity, global, civic learning, and models for advancing scientific and quantitative literacy through real-world curricula and problem-based pedagogies.

Opening Keynote Address
"Conceptualizing a Twenty-First Century Renaissance for General Education"
Robert Weisbuch, President, Drew University

Plenary speakers include:
"Speaking Frankly: General Education for the Unknown"
Rebecca Berryhill Jessup, Seattle University; Isiah Bingley, Seattle Community College; Megan Otis, Western Washington University; Marina Pita, University of Washington - Seattle; Wassan Singh, Highline Community College; and Gillies Malnarich and Emily Lardner, Evergreen State College

"Betting on Gravity"
Ken O'Donnell, Associate Dean, Academic Program Planning, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Learn more about the conference online.